Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 MAY 1953 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-25-DK |
| Operator: | Air Services of India |
| Registration: | VT-AXD |
| C/n / msn: | 13294 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mumbai-Juhu Airport (India) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Mumbai-Juhu Airport (VAJJ), India |
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The undercarriage was retracted on takeoff, before becoming airborne. The DC-3 thus settled back on its belly.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
